The reviews are excellent, as expected.

I hope not! As others have pointed out, becoming far removed from agriculture has created high, some would say unrealistic, consumer expectations.

Mmm flan! This book has a good recipe:

I’m glad for this video, because hopefully more exposure to the reality of produce will generate acceptance, and consequently, less food waste.

Reusing a post from Jez because of relevance, and because I think we cannot afford to let this slip past our attention. There’s just SO MUCH, every day.

I had to look it up, but in addition to the situation with DeSantis, Stephan Nelson, the chairman of the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, is accusing state officials of stopping the release of COVID related deaths reports that the Commission was regularly publishing. He also accused them of requesting to fudge…

This is my own personal thought process regarding the Tara Reade allegations, and how it influences my support for Biden. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how principled you are), I imagine it is similar to what went through many Trump voters’ minds, in 2016.

Sorry guys, this kind of shit will forever exist, as long as that part of the human psyche, the part that finds the misfortune of others amusing, exists ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Oh, I get it now. “Drain the swamp” means, drain the complex, mature, interconnected ecosystem supporting a diverse cadre of specialized workers and pave it over for a gated community real estate scam. 

Checkmate!

Nice.

it’s harder to argue it has as much of an impact on both American society and on other media as The Simpsons

For comparison, meanwhile, at the Michigan capitol:

Since I’ve been lurking around cerca ‘16, there’s been a big influx of left-wing (albeit un-nuanced) commentors that take over the comment sections on articles reflecting poorly on Republicans/conservatives... and lately that’s just been reality.

I didn’t hop onto The Hill bandwagon until Splinter shuttered... but apparently it used to be dominated by conservative comments.

I’ve been seeing that argument spread around. In reality-ville there’s this:

As disconcerting as it can be sometimes, I am enjoying these blasts from the pasts... sometimes I remember the article, sometimes not, but it makes me think back to the olde tymes.

56! Fifty-six slides? Fifty six! 56!!

If you’re on twitch, check out the Luck Reunion hosted by Willie Nelson. Everyone’s tripping over themselves trying to get through their acts

Time to break out this oldie-but-goodie: